Photonics start-up takes root in Rochester’s Sibley Building
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — We told you how the Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse region won a new designation as a national tech hub. On Tuesday, we’re got a firsthand look at why.
A local start-up SunDensity chose to take root in Rochester, of all places to take root. The company cut the ribbon on their new location in Sibley Square Tuesday morning.
Founder Dr. Nish Sonwalkar left his academic life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to become an entrepreneur here.
“Our technology is to do photonics on solar stuff, so as you know Rochester is the photonics capital of the United States, so we wanted to be in the place where photonics are thriving,” he said.
Basically, their Photonic Smart Coating (PSC) aims to increase solar power output and reduce energy consumption.